The Latest Breaking News from France

As farmers from all over France prepare to converge in Paris for the yearly agriculture fair, a new study argues that reducing meat consumption could solve France’s emissions problems. But farmers, already tense after weeks of protests against soaring costs, may not be amenable to reducing their herds – even…

French authorities on Thursday expelled a Tunisian imam accused of preaching hatred against women and Jews, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced.

Amid talk of ditching West African franc, a colonial-era legacy, analysts unpack what it means for three Sahel states.

Exceptional security measures will be put in place during the Paris Olympics this summer. Paris' military governor announced that a temporary camp of 10,000 military staff will be deployed in the Bois de Vincennes in eastern Paris.

France's film industry grapples with MeToo reckoning, calls for change, and policy debates amidst harassment allegations.

France's Sebastien Lecornu travelled to Armenia Thursday on the first trip by a French defence minister to the South Caucasus nation. It comes as tensions rise with Yerevan's historic rival Azerbaijan, and as French President Emmanuel Macron met with Armenia's leader in Paris.

Russian forces threatened to shoot down a French surveillance aircraft patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea, a signal of increasingly aggressive behavior from Moscow as its invasion of Ukraine struggles to make headway, French defense officials said Thursday.

France's air force pilots have been threatened with attack by Russian forces during patrol missions in international air space, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Thursday.

France's iconic Eiffel Tower was closed for a fourth day on Thursday as employees extended a strike over the monument's management, unions said.

NGOs and leftist members of the opposition have increased the pressure on France's government to reconsider arms sales to Israel in the wake of the war in Gaza and follow in the footsteps of other European nations that made moves to suspend military exports over concerns about the humanitarian situation…

The French government has published a roadmap to address a growing shortage of medicines. It provides doctors and pharmacists with tools to prescribe alternatives, urges the use of fewer antibiotics and jumpstarts local production of key drugs.